IOP4863 notes OPEN-SYSTEM, DECISION THEORETIC VIEW OF THE EMPLOYMENT PROCESS

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OPEN-SYSTEM, DECISION THEORETIC VIEW OF THE EMPLOYMENT PROCESS → The systems approach is a perspective that emphasises relationships and interactions. → In the systems approach, the organisation... is viewed as operating in continual interaction with multiple environments in an open system. → From an open systems perspective, the organisation is viewed as an input-throughput- output system. → Within the organisation is a number of interacting sub-systems that transform inputs, such as energy and information from the environment into outputs. → The outputs are then exported back into the environment in the form of products and services for consumption → Outputs reactivate the input-throughput- output cycle. Figure 1 below represents this perspective. → The employment process can be viewed as a system of sequential, interdependent decisions → In order to analyse a system, it is necessary to establish the relationship between the system and its environment. [Show More]

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